Tapping YouTube logo opens full YouTube site inside player instead of launching external app or browser

[basharna]

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Bug summary

When tapping the YouTube logo in the embedded player (YoutubeView), the full YouTube website loads inside the player frame rather than opening in the YouTube app or an external browser.

Screen.Recording.2025-08-04.at.2.09.23.mov

Library version

2.1.1

Steps to reproduce

const player = useYouTubePlayer(item.key, {
autoplay: false,
controls: true,
playsinline: error ? false : true,
rel: false,
});

<YoutubeView
player={player}
useInlineHtml={true}
// webViewUrl={videoUrl}
style={{ height: 180, aspectRatio: 16 / 9 }}
/>

Reproducible example repository

[saseungmin]

@basharna Thank you for using react-native-youtube-bridge and reporting this issue! 🙏

I've confirmed the problem where clicking the YouTube logo loads the full website inside the player frame, which wasn't the intended behavior.

This has been fixed in v2.1.2:

• YouTube logo and external links now open in external browser

Please let me know if you encounter any issues after updating!